WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.040 What's going on, everyone? 2 00:00:02.040 --> 00:00:03.720 So what I wanted to talk to you guys about today 3 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:07.280 was something that I've been repeatedly requested 4 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:08.640 after the last piece of content 5 00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:14.240 I made the four highest ROI habits that I've developed. 6 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:17.080 And there's honestly more feedback from that one piece 7 00:00:17.080 --> 00:00:19.240 than a lot of the other pieces that I put out. 8 00:00:19.240 --> 00:00:24.480 And so because people wanted it, which is always surprising 9 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:25.760 to me, because I don't know. 10 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:27.920 There's some things that I think are super, super interesting. 11 00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:30.720 And a lot of times that is not what everyone is interested. 12 00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:34.120 And so these are some things that have, 13 00:00:34.120 --> 00:00:36.280 I wanted to give you three more habits, 14 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:37.040 because some people were like, 15 00:00:37.040 --> 00:00:38.200 well, tell us your nighttime habits. 16 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:40.560 And honestly, the nighttime habits are somewhat 17 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:42.440 covered in the first one. 18 00:00:42.440 --> 00:00:44.560 So these are the three high, like I would say, 19 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:47.120 the next three things that would be habits that I've developed 20 00:00:47.120 --> 00:00:52.480 that how like Laila and I live that seem weird to most people. 21 00:00:52.480 --> 00:00:56.880 But have been so part of our life that it, 22 00:00:56.880 --> 00:00:58.640 I mean, it's just like part of how we live. 23 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:01.600 So the first one for me, and this is one that's probably 24 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:03.000 a little bit different for me than Laila, 25 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:06.280 is that I actually wear the same thing every day. 26 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:09.160 I change my shirts for content so that you guys don't, 27 00:01:10.360 --> 00:01:12.360 so that it looks different on the newsfeed. 28 00:01:12.360 --> 00:01:15.280 But I actually wear this pretty much every day. 29 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:16.160 So it's a gray shirt. 30 00:01:16.160 --> 00:01:17.280 I've got like six of them. 31 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:18.280 They're from Lulu. 32 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:20.320 I wear these loose wet pants. 33 00:01:20.320 --> 00:01:22.600 And this is kind of like my winter outfit. 34 00:01:22.600 --> 00:01:25.240 And I wear red tonics, right? 35 00:01:25.240 --> 00:01:26.880 And I wear them because they're really comfortable. 36 00:01:26.880 --> 00:01:28.920 And I don't have to untie or tie the shoelaces 37 00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:29.800 when I wear them. 38 00:01:29.800 --> 00:01:32.120 So actually wear the same thing every day. 39 00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:33.400 Why do I do that? 40 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:35.240 And you'll see the common theme between the things 41 00:01:35.240 --> 00:01:38.600 that I'm gonna show you is that it's just decision fatigue. 42 00:01:38.600 --> 00:01:40.080 So when I wake up in the morning, 43 00:01:40.080 --> 00:01:42.080 I'm not like debating about what I'm going to wear. 44 00:01:42.080 --> 00:01:43.480 I just immediately put on the same thing. 45 00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:46.560 And then I can like save as much juice as I can. 46 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:48.560 So that's number one. 47 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:51.040 May sound minor, but I think a lot of life is like adding up 48 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:53.760 these tiny details that save you juice 49 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:55.680 and then over periods of time, 50 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:58.000 it results in really massive things. 51 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:01.000 The second one is that I eat the exact same thing 52 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:02.040 every single day. 53 00:02:02.040 --> 00:02:03.720 So I eat the same breakfast. 54 00:02:03.720 --> 00:02:05.200 I eat the same lunch and I eat the same dinner. 55 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:06.640 And I don't know about you guys, 56 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:08.520 but there was times in my life when 57 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:11.200 for like counting my macros and things like that, 58 00:02:11.200 --> 00:02:12.920 that'll always be like, what am I gonna have? 59 00:02:12.920 --> 00:02:14.040 And so I was like, you know, 60 00:02:14.040 --> 00:02:16.800 I would spend like 10 minutes like deciding and deliberating 61 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:18.560 between what I was gonna eat for lunch. 62 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:19.400 You know what I mean? 63 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:22.200 And I can't tell you how freeing it is to just like, 64 00:02:22.200 --> 00:02:24.560 always eat the same thing and never think about it. 65 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:28.920 And so I would implore you to try and find the three meals 66 00:02:28.920 --> 00:02:32.320 that you actually really like and just stick with them. 67 00:02:32.320 --> 00:02:35.560 It also makes the body composition really, really easy. 68 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:39.320 So like it's really just a question of how much, not what. 69 00:02:39.320 --> 00:02:43.320 So it just like simplifies your life in that way. 70 00:02:44.160 --> 00:02:47.440 The third thing that I think I'm saving for last 71 00:02:47.440 --> 00:02:49.000 because I was actually gonna do a challenge 72 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:51.040 and I might still do it for the gym lords, 73 00:02:51.040 --> 00:02:54.400 but it's actually sleeping nine hours every night. 74 00:02:54.400 --> 00:02:57.960 And so a lot of times sometimes it's funny 75 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:01.440 because Trevor, Dr. Cashy jokes about how like, 76 00:03:01.440 --> 00:03:04.360 people need somebody with a PhD in all these fancy things 77 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:05.680 to tell them to do things that they should already 78 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:07.360 probably do, which is like, yeah, 79 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:09.600 you should probably like, eat the thugs, 80 00:03:09.600 --> 00:03:12.440 don't eat like an asshole in his language. 81 00:03:12.440 --> 00:03:13.640 And like, yeah, like people were like, 82 00:03:13.640 --> 00:03:15.280 I'm so exhausted, I'm using all these stimulants. 83 00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:16.720 He's like, have you tried sleeping? 84 00:03:18.720 --> 00:03:19.880 And so what's really interesting, 85 00:03:19.880 --> 00:03:21.440 and like, I'm gonna add on this a little bit 86 00:03:21.440 --> 00:03:24.720 because I think it's worth it for everyone who's on here. 87 00:03:24.720 --> 00:03:28.600 Like, all the research in the world about sleep 88 00:03:28.600 --> 00:03:31.720 is like, it's really hard to get too much of it. 89 00:03:31.720 --> 00:03:33.240 Like, most people don't over sleep. 90 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:35.160 Like virtually everyone under sleeps. 91 00:03:35.160 --> 00:03:38.080 And so a lot of it's like, you were literally smarter 92 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:39.440 when you have slept more. 93 00:03:39.440 --> 00:03:41.720 And so everyone's trying to get an edge on everything 94 00:03:41.720 --> 00:03:43.640 when like a lot of times, I don't know if you've ever had 95 00:03:43.640 --> 00:03:45.080 this happen, you've been struggling with something 96 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:46.960 and then all of a sudden you get like a great night's sleep 97 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:49.600 and then all of a sudden the solution seems obvious to you 98 00:03:49.640 --> 00:03:51.040 as soon as you look at the problem and like, well done, 99 00:03:51.040 --> 00:03:52.000 that's what I would do. 100 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:53.960 Why did I not see this before? 101 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:55.200 Because you weren't capable of it, 102 00:03:55.200 --> 00:03:58.120 because you didn't have all of your horsepower or disposal. 103 00:03:58.120 --> 00:03:59.960 And so like, if you want to be wiser, 104 00:03:59.960 --> 00:04:01.840 you want to be smarter, right? 105 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:03.720 Like, you want to show up better for your team, 106 00:04:03.720 --> 00:04:06.640 you want to be less reactive, you want to be less emotional, 107 00:04:06.640 --> 00:04:07.480 right? 108 00:04:07.480 --> 00:04:11.000 So that you can make good decisions, sleep, like for real. 109 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:12.080 Like actually get good sleep. 110 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:13.480 So everyone hears like, oh, Alex sleeps, 111 00:04:13.480 --> 00:04:15.120 you know, wakes up at 4 a.m. 112 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:17.120 Like, it means Alex is working all the time. 113 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:19.920 Like not really, like I finished my day at 4. 114 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:21.520 So like at 4 p.m. I'm done. 115 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:25.000 After 4, I usually take 30 minutes to like, 116 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:27.200 slowly sip on pre workout. 117 00:04:27.200 --> 00:04:29.840 And it also like, I partially do that 118 00:04:29.840 --> 00:04:32.080 because when I drink pre workout, like I get all tingling 119 00:04:32.080 --> 00:04:33.160 and then I have to work out. 120 00:04:33.160 --> 00:04:35.720 So that's like, one of Alex's tricks is like, 121 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:38.440 I just drink my pre workout when I don't want to work out. 122 00:04:38.440 --> 00:04:39.960 And then by the time it hits me, 123 00:04:39.960 --> 00:04:42.520 I'm like, oh shit, I should, I should go to the gym. 124 00:04:42.520 --> 00:04:45.280 Because otherwise this is going to be really uncomfortable. 125 00:04:45.280 --> 00:04:49.080 And so from like 4.30 to 6.4.30 to 6.30, I lift. 126 00:04:49.080 --> 00:04:51.960 And then after that, the same exact brand, 127 00:04:51.960 --> 00:04:54.680 same exact DeGorno pizza every single night. 128 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:57.760 I have a whole pint of caramel macchiato, 129 00:04:57.760 --> 00:04:59.520 halotop, paint that every single night 130 00:04:59.520 --> 00:05:00.680 and maybe with chocolate sprinkles. 131 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:01.520 You know what I mean? 132 00:05:01.520 --> 00:05:02.360 I get the same stuff. 133 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:04.360 And then after that, Laila and I watch one episode 134 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:07.760 of whatever Netflix show we're watching at that point. 135 00:05:07.760 --> 00:05:10.760 And we're done at like 8.30. 136 00:05:10.760 --> 00:05:13.760 Like so like, I finished lifting and then we have two hours 137 00:05:13.760 --> 00:05:16.600 between 6.30 and 8.30 that we basically eat. 138 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:20.720 And like unwind and like people were like, well, 139 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:22.480 I mean, there's a lot of things about like sleep hygiene. 140 00:05:22.480 --> 00:05:24.920 They're like, don't do screen time. 141 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:25.840 I don't know. 142 00:05:25.840 --> 00:05:27.360 We watch, you know, we watch Netflix 143 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:29.040 and it has really affected my sleep. 144 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:30.880 I mean, I have my phone out while I'm doing it, 145 00:05:30.880 --> 00:05:32.240 usually responding to people. 146 00:05:33.480 --> 00:05:34.320 I don't know. 147 00:05:34.320 --> 00:05:36.800 I mean, I'm just telling you what like what we actually do. 148 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:40.320 And then when we actually go to sleep, 149 00:05:40.400 --> 00:05:43.760 we're usually asleep by nine. 150 00:05:43.760 --> 00:05:46.600 So not like, well, I get into bed and then it takes me 151 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:47.600 an hour and a half to get it. 152 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:51.160 Like we're asleep usually by nine, latest 9.30. 153 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:53.880 And so when you go to sleep at nine, 154 00:05:53.880 --> 00:05:58.040 you've got three hours before midnight that you're asleep. 155 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:00.880 And then you have another four, four and a half hours 156 00:06:00.880 --> 00:06:04.600 that you're asleep if you wake up at 4.30. 157 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:07.160 So like if you think about rem cycles, 158 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:09.920 I mean, I look into sleep a lot. 159 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:12.600 And so everything happens in 90 minute cycles 160 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:14.200 with REM sleep for the most part. 161 00:06:14.200 --> 00:06:16.160 I think our minor like 80, 162 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:19.680 but most people run around 80 to 90 minute cycles 163 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:20.800 for REM sleep. 164 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:23.640 So if you're like, if you're going to sleep, 165 00:06:23.640 --> 00:06:27.000 it's like sleepy either three hours, four and a half hours, 166 00:06:27.000 --> 00:06:30.280 six hours, seven and a half hours or nine hours. 167 00:06:30.280 --> 00:06:32.240 And so what I'll say is like for me, 168 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:33.880 I usually sleep about seven and a half 169 00:06:33.880 --> 00:06:36.040 and I usually just wake up. 170 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:39.520 So I haven't said an alarm and I can't tell you 171 00:06:39.520 --> 00:06:41.640 the last time I said an alarm in the morning. 172 00:06:41.640 --> 00:06:43.400 I sleep as long as I can. 173 00:06:43.400 --> 00:06:46.360 And so I think the biggest secret is to kind of piggyback 174 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:48.360 on the last one that I made is like, 175 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:51.320 just gotta go to sleep earlier, like for real. 176 00:06:51.320 --> 00:06:52.240 And if there's some things that say, 177 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:54.080 so you don't do it at night, 178 00:06:54.080 --> 00:06:55.560 I know this stuff sounds like super simple, 179 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:57.960 but like a lot of times when we get up on stage 180 00:06:57.960 --> 00:06:59.120 and people are like, what are the secrets? 181 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:00.240 It's like most people know it. 182 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:02.760 Like what they're supposed to do, they just don't do it. 183 00:07:02.760 --> 00:07:05.000 Right, like that's like for real. 184 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:07.360 Right, like most of your clients know how to lose weight. 185 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:08.440 They need to stop eating shit 186 00:07:08.440 --> 00:07:10.000 and they need to start moving. 187 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:11.840 Like for real, like they kind of know 188 00:07:11.840 --> 00:07:13.160 that's what they need to do. 189 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:14.480 And so sometimes it's like, man, 190 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:17.640 I gotta listen to this person who apparently is doing all these, 191 00:07:17.640 --> 00:07:19.920 like none of our stuff's rocket science. 192 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:22.320 Right, like we go to, like we wake up earlier 193 00:07:22.320 --> 00:07:24.320 because it's quieter and we get a lot of stuff done 194 00:07:24.320 --> 00:07:26.560 and we get like basically get ourselves into a good state 195 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:28.000 so that we can show a ball for the team, 196 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:29.320 so we can show a ball for our clients 197 00:07:29.320 --> 00:07:31.680 so we can not be reactive, so we can make better decisions. 198 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:34.480 And we're well rested because we want to sleep early, right? 199 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:36.600 And then I try and decrease all the decisions 200 00:07:36.600 --> 00:07:37.960 that I have to make during the day. 201 00:07:37.960 --> 00:07:40.200 So I wear the same thing, I eat the same thing, 202 00:07:40.200 --> 00:07:42.080 everything in my entire house is labeled. 203 00:07:42.080 --> 00:07:43.280 So every single light switch, 204 00:07:43.280 --> 00:07:44.120 I don't know if you can see it, 205 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:45.440 there's little letters underneath 206 00:07:45.440 --> 00:07:47.160 and each one of those switches there is. 207 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:49.640 All those letters, it just says what each one of those lights does. 208 00:07:49.640 --> 00:07:51.520 Anything that I have to think about, 209 00:07:51.520 --> 00:07:53.360 we try and take away, right? 210 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:55.240 Like everything that we have to think about, 211 00:07:55.240 --> 00:07:56.880 we have to take away, like we use Insticarts, 212 00:07:56.880 --> 00:07:59.560 we don't go grocery shopping, like we have the buttons 213 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:01.000 from Amazon, so if something runs out, 214 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:02.040 we just hit the button. 215 00:08:02.040 --> 00:08:04.440 Like all of these things we do to just make our lives easier 216 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:08.080 so that we just have as much decision-making abilities 217 00:08:08.080 --> 00:08:10.320 we possibly can, and that anything 218 00:08:10.320 --> 00:08:12.320 that would potentially throw us off during the day 219 00:08:12.320 --> 00:08:14.040 doesn't have the opportunity to do that. 220 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:17.360 Any most in Asian quick break, 221 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:19.000 just to let you know that we've been starting to post 222 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:21.240 on LinkedIn and want to connect with you. 223 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:22.680 All right, so send me a connection request 224 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:24.320 and let me know that you listen to the show 225 00:08:24.320 --> 00:08:25.600 and I will accept it. 226 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:27.560 There's anyone you think that we should be connected with, 227 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:29.960 tag them in one of my or Layless posts 228 00:08:29.960 --> 00:08:32.080 and I will give you all the love in the world. 229 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:33.720 All right, so let's get back to the show. 230 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:40.600 And so Layless told me a staff from the Harvard Business Review 231 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:43.760 that was like 80% of terrible hiring decisions are done 232 00:08:43.760 --> 00:08:45.360 because somebody's tired. 233 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:47.320 And so it's like, it's the simple stuff. 234 00:08:47.320 --> 00:08:50.320 It's just like, it's so simple that no one does it. 235 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:52.200 Like, you know what I mean? 236 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:54.880 Like it's so simple that no one actually does it. 237 00:08:54.880 --> 00:08:57.080 I can tell you, when you sleep really well, 238 00:08:57.080 --> 00:08:58.280 you make better decisions. 239 00:08:58.280 --> 00:08:59.120 You're a smart one. 240 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:01.160 You're a wiser, you show up, and you're happier. 241 00:09:01.160 --> 00:09:03.920 And like if you were happier in that compounds over time, 242 00:09:03.920 --> 00:09:05.640 like your team is happier and you show better 243 00:09:05.640 --> 00:09:06.800 and you're business improves. 244 00:09:06.800 --> 00:09:09.040 So like, maybe you don't need some hack 245 00:09:09.040 --> 00:09:10.080 about culture and leadership. 246 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:12.600 Maybe you just need to sleep an extra 90 minutes. 247 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:13.520 Real time. 248 00:09:13.520 --> 00:09:15.480 I remember I was, I watched, not watched. 249 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:19.960 I was in college and there was a Mac economics professor. 250 00:09:19.960 --> 00:09:22.920 He was showing a graph about subjectual well-being, 251 00:09:22.920 --> 00:09:25.520 so like happiness and income. 252 00:09:25.520 --> 00:09:29.480 And basically, from zero up to $70,000, 253 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:31.720 the more money you make, you actually get happier. 254 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:34.720 Like you are happier when you make, like, 255 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:36.520 people who make $70,000 a year are happier 256 00:09:36.520 --> 00:09:38.120 than people who make $50,000 a year, 257 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:41.160 on average overall, right, take home. 258 00:09:41.160 --> 00:09:42.720 And so like people actually get happier. 259 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:44.200 And I think part of that is just because it allows, 260 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:45.920 like, money up to a certain point allows you 261 00:09:45.920 --> 00:09:48.160 to avoid pain, right? 262 00:09:48.160 --> 00:09:52.280 And so money can really, really, really help you avoid pain. 263 00:09:52.280 --> 00:09:54.080 Can't buy happiness, but it can really help you 264 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:57.560 avoid the negatives, which is I think very valuable. 265 00:09:57.560 --> 00:09:59.960 But after that point, there's no real correlation 266 00:09:59.960 --> 00:10:03.400 between how much you make and how happy you are. 267 00:10:03.400 --> 00:10:05.840 But what's interesting is that they did another study 268 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:10.760 that was like, most people would be happier 269 00:10:10.760 --> 00:10:13.520 if they just slept 90 more minutes 270 00:10:13.520 --> 00:10:15.560 than if they made an extra $50,000 a year. 271 00:10:15.560 --> 00:10:18.440 Like the actual impact on their subjective well-being, 272 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:19.800 which most people who are entrepreneurs 273 00:10:19.800 --> 00:10:21.600 start their business because they want freedom, 274 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:22.840 they want to be able to do their own thing, 275 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:24.440 and they honestly just want to be happy, right? 276 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:26.040 Like at some point, that's really what people want, 277 00:10:26.040 --> 00:10:28.280 is they want to be happy, they want to be fulfilled, right? 278 00:10:28.280 --> 00:10:30.920 And like, what if all of these other things 279 00:10:30.920 --> 00:10:32.920 that we're doing would be better served 280 00:10:32.920 --> 00:10:35.400 by not doing them in just sleeping 90 minutes? 281 00:10:35.400 --> 00:10:37.440 So I'm hitting on this heart because it's like, 282 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:41.280 for real, for real, my life improved when I slept more. 283 00:10:41.280 --> 00:10:43.440 Like, I didn't need to use all these stimulants 284 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:45.400 during the day because I slept more. 285 00:10:45.400 --> 00:10:47.480 So like, my use of stimulants is going down, 286 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:50.120 and then I mean, I still enjoy stimulants. 287 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:52.480 I'll be very honest with you, I do, but I don't need them. 288 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:56.120 And so like, I drink G-Caf every morning with Layla 289 00:10:56.120 --> 00:10:57.840 because I like the habit of drinking coffee. 290 00:10:57.880 --> 00:10:58.680 They're like our time together, 291 00:10:58.680 --> 00:11:01.520 but I don't like the caffeine per se. 292 00:11:01.520 --> 00:11:05.560 And so, I'll use stimulants during dedicated periods of time. 293 00:11:05.560 --> 00:11:07.240 And then when you are well rested, 294 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:08.960 and you don't, like, I don't know if you guys have done this, 295 00:11:08.960 --> 00:11:12.600 like if you're tired, and then you need stimulants, 296 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:15.920 they, so Trevor, something that they mask fatigue 297 00:11:15.920 --> 00:11:17.760 more than they enhance. 298 00:11:17.760 --> 00:11:21.680 And so, like, it just helps you operate 299 00:11:21.680 --> 00:11:23.560 in a sugar state better, 300 00:11:23.560 --> 00:11:25.960 rather than taking you from, like, good to great, 301 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:27.160 if that makes sense. 302 00:11:27.160 --> 00:11:31.560 So anyways, point being, like, big secrets here 303 00:11:31.560 --> 00:11:33.560 are like, we do the same things every time. 304 00:11:33.560 --> 00:11:35.840 And we don't make exceptions for weekends. 305 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:37.400 I've got a friend who's coming into town, 306 00:11:37.400 --> 00:11:38.840 and he knows that we don't drink, 307 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:41.440 and he's a friend, he's my longest friend, 308 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:43.000 my oldest friend, well, he's the same age, 309 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:45.240 but like, he's my oldest friend in my life. 310 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:48.400 So he's visiting for two days. 311 00:11:48.400 --> 00:11:49.760 He's an FBI agent, kind of cool. 312 00:11:49.760 --> 00:11:51.040 He's actually wanted to be an FBI agent 313 00:11:51.040 --> 00:11:52.400 since we were in middle school. 314 00:11:52.400 --> 00:11:56.200 And he is, and my senior's relative was like, 315 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:57.840 I think I've told you guys was, 316 00:11:57.840 --> 00:12:00.160 we'll own an operator chain of global gyms. 317 00:12:00.160 --> 00:12:02.840 So like, everyone knows what we're up to. 318 00:12:02.840 --> 00:12:04.120 But anyways, so he's coming into town, 319 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:05.280 and he knows we don't drink. 320 00:12:05.280 --> 00:12:08.560 And so like, we literally don't make exceptions for this. 321 00:12:08.560 --> 00:12:10.680 Like, we just, we make zero exceptions. 322 00:12:10.680 --> 00:12:12.040 We don't take on speaking events 323 00:12:12.040 --> 00:12:14.240 if we feel like the travel's gonna be tiresome, 324 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:16.080 because like, our routine is so important to us, 325 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:19.000 not because of some, like, weird reason 326 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:21.640 about, like, routine being some, like, magical thing, 327 00:12:21.640 --> 00:12:23.880 it's just that, like, it decreases the stress in our lives. 328 00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:25.960 And like, as you continue to grow, 329 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:28.000 the stress only gets higher, 330 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:30.040 or the potential to be stressed only gets higher, 331 00:12:30.040 --> 00:12:31.800 which means you have to make everything else 332 00:12:31.800 --> 00:12:34.000 in your life less reactive. 333 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:36.760 Think about it from a fitness standpoint, right? 334 00:12:36.760 --> 00:12:39.360 When we're squatting and we're trying to generate power, 335 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:40.960 you try and solidify everything else. 336 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:42.800 You try and solidify, like, chest up, butt back, 337 00:12:42.800 --> 00:12:45.120 you hold your breath so that you can be rigid 338 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:46.760 so that you can transmit power. 339 00:12:46.760 --> 00:12:48.360 And I feel like it's the same thing as like, 340 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:50.760 if we can make everything else in our lives rigid, 341 00:12:50.760 --> 00:12:52.040 when we need to make decisions, 342 00:12:52.040 --> 00:12:54.440 we can output maximum power in one direction, 343 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:56.120 rather than being so unstable, 344 00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:57.320 because we're like, 345 00:12:57.320 --> 00:12:59.040 because we have all these micro drains 346 00:12:59.040 --> 00:13:00.480 that happen throughout the day. 347 00:13:01.520 --> 00:13:04.560 And so my last habit that I will give you, 348 00:13:04.560 --> 00:13:06.600 and you guys, if you've been following my stuff 349 00:13:06.600 --> 00:13:08.400 for a while, this won't be a surprise. 350 00:13:09.640 --> 00:13:12.000 I pretty much cut off my communications. 351 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:13.440 So like, right here on Facebook, 352 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:16.160 but I don't have the Facebook app on my phone. 353 00:13:16.160 --> 00:13:17.880 Simple stuff, man. 354 00:13:17.880 --> 00:13:20.480 I'm not like none of the disruptions. 355 00:13:20.520 --> 00:13:21.880 Like, I take all the things, 356 00:13:21.880 --> 00:13:25.400 anything that gives me anxiety, I take it away, anything. 357 00:13:25.400 --> 00:13:27.040 And so like, some people are different, you know, 358 00:13:27.040 --> 00:13:27.880 some people getting, it's like, 359 00:13:27.880 --> 00:13:29.640 I don't get anxiety from Instagram. 360 00:13:29.640 --> 00:13:31.320 And I think it's, maybe it's just because the people, 361 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:33.320 like, like, no one like messages weird, 362 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:35.560 like, it's also because all our groups are, 363 00:13:35.560 --> 00:13:37.280 probably on Facebook and there are no groups on it. 364 00:13:37.280 --> 00:13:39.560 I mean, I don't even use the app that well. 365 00:13:39.560 --> 00:13:42.080 But like, Instagram doesn't stress me out. 366 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:43.120 Facebook stresses me out. 367 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:45.120 And so I don't, I had the Instagram app on my phone, 368 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:46.840 but Facebook and I don't, I don't. 369 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:48.840 And so like, if you have things that stress you out, 370 00:13:48.840 --> 00:13:50.640 like, don't put them on there because like, 371 00:13:50.640 --> 00:13:53.280 they will detract from your like mental power. 372 00:13:53.280 --> 00:13:54.560 And then you will become less evil 373 00:13:54.560 --> 00:13:56.400 and you become less wise and become more reactive 374 00:13:56.400 --> 00:13:58.960 and then your team and everyone else around it feels it. 375 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:03.880 So to recap this for you, do the same stuff every day, right? 376 00:14:03.880 --> 00:14:06.000 Like, if you have a shirt that always hits you, right? 377 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:07.760 Then just buy five of them and then don't think 378 00:14:07.760 --> 00:14:09.720 about anything else, right? 379 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:10.800 It makes it easy. 380 00:14:10.800 --> 00:14:12.680 Like, eat the same stuff every day. 381 00:14:12.680 --> 00:14:15.560 It also makes buying groceries really easy. 382 00:14:15.560 --> 00:14:18.440 It makes keeping everything like you never run out of stuff. 383 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:19.600 Like, everything is system sized 384 00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:20.960 and then body recomposition wise. 385 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:23.400 It's really, really easy because all the variables are controlled. 386 00:14:23.400 --> 00:14:25.760 So if you like, want to be fit and not think a lot about it, 387 00:14:25.760 --> 00:14:26.840 eat the same stuff. 388 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:29.640 I know, crazy. 389 00:14:29.640 --> 00:14:33.120 And then beyond that, try and get as much, 390 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:35.800 like try and wake up every day without a alarm. 391 00:14:35.800 --> 00:14:37.240 Like, that's probably, that's the goal. 392 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:40.320 And so for me, I do that by just going to bed early 393 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:43.960 and I don't, I don't really usually need much beyond, 394 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:44.960 you know, seven and a half. 395 00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:47.960 Sometimes I need nine and sometimes I'll sleep all night 396 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:50.080 and I'll be like, damn, how about that? 397 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:53.520 And so they're like, yesterday I woke up at six, 398 00:14:53.520 --> 00:14:55.160 so I slept nine hours yesterday. 399 00:14:55.160 --> 00:14:56.680 I don't know why, maybe I trained really hard. 400 00:14:56.680 --> 00:14:59.480 I've no clue, but I've felt amazing all day. 401 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:01.800 I was like, man, I wish I could sleep nine every day. 402 00:15:01.800 --> 00:15:04.760 But like, that will literally make you happier, 403 00:15:04.760 --> 00:15:07.120 make you wise or make you smarter than like, 404 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:09.280 books will on like positive, like, 405 00:15:09.280 --> 00:15:12.400 the power of positive thinking, like, sleep 90 minutes more. 406 00:15:12.400 --> 00:15:13.240 Like, try that. 407 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:15.840 Like, how to be happy to your team? 408 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:17.680 How to lead well, like, sleep 90 more minutes. 409 00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:20.480 You'll be happier and you'll make better decisions. 410 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:22.240 And then finally, like, take the mini, 411 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:24.000 the mini, the mini drains out of your life. 412 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:25.920 So all the things that piss you off on your phone 413 00:15:25.920 --> 00:15:28.160 help them on there, like, anything's like, 414 00:15:28.160 --> 00:15:31.080 the drawers in your, in your, on your, 415 00:15:32.400 --> 00:15:34.600 ah, whatever, wherever you keep your clothing, 416 00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:36.800 all those drawers labeled, all the lights labeled, 417 00:15:36.800 --> 00:15:38.800 all your, where you put your clothes, 418 00:15:38.800 --> 00:15:40.080 label where you want to put your shirts, 419 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:42.800 your dress shirts, your like, all that stuff, 420 00:15:42.800 --> 00:15:45.480 so that you never have to think about anything. 421 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:47.080 Like, put all those Amazon buttons. 422 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:49.200 Like, those are investments in your time. 423 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:50.840 So like, put all those Amazon buttons, 424 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:51.680 eat the same shit. 425 00:15:51.680 --> 00:15:54.360 And then after a while, like, life becomes automatic. 426 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:57.760 And then you're basically running your human existence 427 00:15:57.760 --> 00:16:01.280 on autopilot so that you can use all of your horsepower 428 00:16:01.280 --> 00:16:03.440 to develop the big things, the fun things. 429 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:04.280 So you're not thinking about, 430 00:16:04.280 --> 00:16:05.720 we're gonna eat tonight. 431 00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:07.880 You're gonna mean, or like, do I have butter? 432 00:16:07.880 --> 00:16:08.720 You know what I mean? 433 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:09.880 You don't have to think about that stuff 434 00:16:09.880 --> 00:16:11.120 because all that stuff's taken care of 435 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:13.520 so you can put 100% of your power towards that. 436 00:16:13.520 --> 00:16:15.120 And it's your well-rested power 437 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:17.680 so that you're like, extra wise and extra smart 438 00:16:17.680 --> 00:16:18.920 because you have all the potential. 439 00:16:18.920 --> 00:16:21.120 So anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this. 440 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:24.920 If you did, you know, I always appreciate a like, 441 00:16:24.920 --> 00:16:26.840 throw a comment if there's anything that you're curious about. 442 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:28.160 I'm always having to make more stuff 443 00:16:28.160 --> 00:16:29.160 in this direction, if this guy, 444 00:16:29.160 --> 00:16:31.600 this is what you find interesting. 445 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:33.720 I'm always amazed because I don't know, 446 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:35.320 you know what I mean, like, I don't know what, 447 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:37.040 like I thought the talent-sack thing I mean yesterday 448 00:16:37.040 --> 00:16:37.880 was freaking awesome. 449 00:16:37.880 --> 00:16:40.320 Like, I think that, like, I geek out on that so hard, 450 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:44.080 but I let the likes and the comments to the talking. 451 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:46.440 So if this was interesting to you, drop a comment 452 00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:48.920 and otherwise have an amazing day 453 00:16:48.920 --> 00:16:50.520 and I will catch you guys soon. 454 00:16:51.520 --> 00:16:52.360 Bye.